Chapter 476 The Vibration Sound of Yanfan’s Military Boots Was Heard in Japan!

The sea of ​​Japan.

A huge fleet was marching hard on the sea with strong winds, dense clouds, and rolling waves.

Because it is sailing against the wind.

The sails were lowered and contracted.

The power of each large ship can only come from the animal power of the power cabin.

Moving very slowly.

The warship heaved and swayed in the rough waves.

Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Yunxu held the guardrail tightly with both hands and looked at all this curiously. They had never experienced sailing at sea in such bad weather.

From the corner of their eyes, the two of them looked enviously at Zhu Xiongying, whose feet were firmly planted on the deck as if they were nails. He didn't even need to use his hands to use the fence to stand firmly.

Zhu Yunzhen was full of admiration and shouted: "Brother, how did you do it? Is there any secret to it?"

Flatterer!

Zhu Yunwen glanced at Zhu Yunxian and said something sinister.

But he also looked at Xiongying curiously.

Grandpa and the others said it.

My father will definitely destroy the huge threat of Yan Fan in the future.

When the time comes, he wants to make meritorious deeds, whether commanding naval operations or infantry operations.

They all had to cross the sea to go to Yanfan.

Therefore, you must learn how to ride a boat in any weather condition.

He was certain.

As long as there is a war between Ming Dynasty and Yan Fan, a future third-generation prince will be needed to take charge.

His chances are good.

Because the eldest brother would never point a knife or gun at the fourth uncle.

Grandpa and Hu Weiyong even predicted that once the Ming Dynasty and Yan Fan turned against each other, they would even fight each other with swords.

The father-son relationship between father and eldest brother is very likely to crack!

As for whether father will send his second uncle and the others?

This possibility is also unlikely.

Look at the second uncle and the others. Now, they almost all wear the same pants as the fourth uncle.

How could the imperial court send them to take charge?

Grandpa and Hu Xiang even said that after their father ascended the throne, they would first push his father to reduce the vassal status.

Also, now the second uncle and the others have the largest number of troops, with two towns and a mixed association.

Even with few troops, there is still an elite town!

The more sophisticated firecrackers and artillery made by Yan Fan were used.

Moreover, the training was also taught step by step by the Yanfan Military Training Advisory Group.

The total military strength of these uncles and vassal kings reached almost one-third of the imperial army!

A huge amount of three hundred thousand!

Although these soldiers and horses are not in the hands of an uncle, they cannot be twisted into a rope.

But such a huge force is also a big threat to the central court.

The imperial grandfather trusted his son.

Can father really sit back and watch these brothers sit on such a huge military power?

Anyway, if it were him, he would not be able to sleep, and he would have to cut down the feudal clan.

Let’s take a step back.

Even if my father is confident, these uncles dare not and will not rebel against him.

Doesn't his father think about his successor?

…

Zhu Xiongying didn't know what was going on in Zhu Yunwen's mind. In the roaring wind, he turned around and laughed loudly: "I used to be seduced by Yu Jing into the warships with senior brothers Yong Ming, Qi Hua, and Dong Xu, and go out to sea to practice. This kind of You have long been accustomed to sailing in bad weather, and you are the same. If you go to sea on a warship more often, you will gradually master the sense of balance. Remember, don’t bend your body too tightly, relax your body, and don’t fight against the bumps of the warship. , you should follow the bumps and take advantage of the trend appropriately..."

Zhu Yunwen listened carefully, tried it quietly, and found that it really worked.

He asked loudly: "Brother, do you predict how long it will take for the Fourth Uncle to conquer Japan this time to end the war?"

He was really curious about this issue.

Grandpa and Hu Weiyong both hope that this war will last longer and make the Yan Fan fall into the quagmire and bleed more.

Even the fourth uncle himself seemed to be worried about this battle.

Otherwise, they would not have taken the initiative to put themselves in the shoes of the Japanese coalition forces and invent such weird tactics as frontal blocking and guerrilla attacks from the rear.

"Half a month! Half a month at most!" Xiongying glanced at Zhu Yunwen and said loudly with a smile.

Half a month? !

Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Yunxi were both surprised and stunned.

is it possible?

'impossible! Absolutely impossible! Grandpa said that Hu Weiyong had already sent people to tell the leaders of the Japanese allied forces about the strange tactics of his fourth uncle, and the shogunate Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was satisfied. ’

Zhu Yunwen looked at Zhu Xiongying calmly and smiled secretly, 'The eldest brother has been following his fourth uncle since he was a child, and he is too blindly confident in his fourth uncle! ’

…

The ship's war room.

Zhu Cang, Zhu 㭎, Lan Yu and others were standing in groups, either looking through the glass windows at the turbulent and splashing waves outside.

Or they would gather in front of the Japanese map hanging on the left and discuss in a low voice.

Lan Yu turned around from the glass window and looked at Yu Jing and a group of naval staff members who were summarizing and sorting out the information on the sea patterns of the Japanese country that they had obtained during the march.

And after discussing in low voices, this information was marked on a navigation chart.

He also accidentally understood some strange symbols.

This kind of detailed map is not only used by the navy, but also by the Yanfan army.

Compared with the Ming Dynasty's march map, the military map produced by Yan Fan was more accurate.

This is what Daming should learn from.

For example, on the Yanfan military map, they couldn't understand terms such as contour lines and altitudes.

Just like now.

Yu Jing and others, who have been working with them for decades, can only see Yu Jing and others using tools such as convenient slide rules in the annotation process.

But what the rules are, everyone is confused.

If the imperial army wants to fully learn this set of things.

You have to send people to study in Yan Fan to learn comprehensively Yan Fan's increasingly complex mathematics knowledge.

It is said that these convenient slide rules used by Yu Jing and others were actually first produced by the factory to serve the Yanfan industry.

Mu Ying kept watching Yu Jing and others busy, and noticed that Lan Yu was also attracted. She stood up and whispered: "The development of industry has changed a lot, not only the changes in equipment. Such details, if there is no technology for industrial development, It’s impossible to appear.”

Lan Yu nodded.

At this moment, he hoped more and more that the imperial court would reform as soon as possible.

Now many people in the imperial court have completely changed their attitude towards industry and commerce.

But it was deadlocked.

Should we develop private factories or employ workers in joint-stock factories?

There are a large number of people who support the former.

He knew exactly what these people had done behind the scenes over the years.

The hands are stretched out very long.

Those private cement factories are all owned by this group of people.

This is clearly a kind of collusion between officials and businessmen.

He did not mention these things to the prince.

With the prince's eyes and ears, I'm afraid he already knew about these situations.

Yu Jing put down the drawing pencil and stood up, looking at Lan Yu and Mu Ying with a smile.

Lan Yu took advantage of the situation and picked up the pencil Yu Jing put down.

I asked out of curiosity: "How did you make such a gadget?"

Yu Jing smiled and said: "Uncle Lan, this gadget was made accidentally. With the development of our Yanjing Industrial Zone, the demand for coal and coke has increased sharply. It is no longer possible to buy it from Champa and Nanchao alone." To meet our needs, in the process of searching for coal mines, we found something like coal that is black but cannot be ignited. "

"This little guy Jin Mi is very curious about this novel mineral. During his research, he first discovered that this ore has very strong refractory properties. Now this ore is added to our blast furnace refractory and high-temperature resistant crucible bricks."

Graphite is widely used in industrial areas.

Some workers, who had children studying at home, discovered that graphite blocks had good inkability, so they took them home and pounded them to make ink.

…

“At first, the effect of making ink was very poor, so some people used their brains to mix graphite powder with sticky substances such as resin and fish glue to make charcoal. Children squatted on the side of the cement road in Yeongbei to make charcoal. He was able to write. Later, someone discovered a business opportunity. In order to solve the problem of black hands when using charcoal pencils, he made the pencil we use now. Now, the person who discovered the business opportunity has opened a company with three hundred workers. factory."

Lan Yu, Mu Ying and others looked at each other in shock.

The invention of the pencil seemed to happen accidentally.

But anyone with some knowledge will understand.

The possibility of this kind of invention and creation process happening in the Ming Dynasty is very small.

Lan Yu thought deeper.

Don’t say anything else.

If this technology was invented in the Ming Dynasty, it would become a hen that could lay golden eggs.

I don’t know how many gods from all walks of life will be attracted.

At the worst, most of the dividends should be distributed to various gods.

More seriously, families are destroyed, and skills are stolen.

In this environment, who would dare to invent?

Lan Yu shook her head bitterly and glanced at Zhu Di, who was sitting behind the commander's desk in the war room and reading a book. "The current Central Plains cannot learn from you."

After that, he changed the subject and asked curiously: "A few years ago, you went to sea for a few years. What happened? Why did you go away for so long?"

The generals on the court side turned around and looked at Yu Jing.

They all knew that Yu Jing had been sailing for several years.

But after going to sea, they don't know exactly what happened.

In fact, everyone has been very curious about this issue for a long time.

I've just been too embarrassed to ask.

Yu Jing looked at Zhu Di.

Eyes fell on Zhu Di one after another. As a leader, Zhu Di noticed such intensive eyes on him immediately.

He raised his head, looked at everyone's eager eyes, and said with a smile: "What's wrong?"

In the war room just now, the sound of low-pitched exchanges was very dense, but why was it suddenly silent?

Lan Yu took the initiative to explain: "I just asked Yu Jing what happened when he went on a voyage for several years. If it's not convenient for me to tell you, just pretend I didn't ask."

"There's nothing inconvenient to say." Zhu Di smiled and gestured to Yu Jing.

After Yu Jing nodded, he turned around and went to the cabinet next to the war room, which was wedged together with the hull. After unlocking it, he took out the rolled cloth map from it, and with the cooperation of several staff members, hung it on the side of the cabin. .

Wow!

The moment you release your hand, the map opens automatically.

Lan Yu and others saw a very vast map.

Not only the territories of the Ming Dynasty, Grassland, Champa, Southern Dynasty, Ava Dynasty, Chen Dynasty, and Yan Fan were marked...

And there's a lot of white space left.

Mu Ying noticed at a glance that there was a piece of land at the southern end that was about the same size as the Ming Dynasty. She stepped forward in surprise, pointed at it and asked: "Where is this place? How come there is a piece of land that is not inferior to our Ming Dynasty territory? Is it wrong?" ?”

Yu Jing turned to look at Zhu Di.

Zhu Di continued to read with his head down.

Just understand that this is for him to explain.

Yu Jing introduced: "This is the biggest discovery of our voyage a few years ago. The area of ​​this continent is probably a little larger than the current territory of the Ming Dynasty..."

…

"Such a large piece of land has only a population of 200,000!?" At a certain moment, Qu Neng exclaimed.

Yu Jing nodded with a smile, "There was indeed a large population in the past, but when we sailed here, a plague broke out in the tribes here. If we hadn't done our best to save them, I'm afraid that fewer people would have survived this plague."

As he spoke, Yu Jing took a deep breath and looked at the people from Ming Dynasty who came to watch the battle against Japan.

"Your Majesty already knows about this matter. The reason why the prince did not make it public after returning to Ming Dynasty is because he did not want to irritate certain people."

Zhu Cang, Zhu Yu and others looked at each other, their eyes suddenly darkened.

Of course they knew which group some of the people Yu Jing mentioned were referring to.

It is foreseeable that if those conservatives were to know that Yan Fan had discovered such a large piece of land, with such a vast area for farming and grazing.

I'm afraid he will be even more hostile to Yan Fan.

Even the current quota of 50,000 immigrants will be hindered by these people.

Lan Yu turned to look at the people coming from the court, and warned seriously: "As long as you understand this matter, if anyone dares to do anything for us after we go back, don't blame me, Lan Yu, for being stupid. I haven't been stupid for many years!" "

Zhu Neng and others smiled and nodded.

Zhu Fang asked: "Yu Jing, is the fourth son of our family recruiting immigrants from Korea just to prepare for the immigration here?"

Yu Jing smiled bitterly, "King Qin, although there is a reason for this, it is not the main reason. There are many large islands between Luzon and this undeveloped continent. Our Yan Fan is currently very short of population and cannot even develop these places. Take advantage of it.”

Only when these islands are developed can they become supply points to this undeveloped continent.

Like him, he almost didn't come back from the adventurous voyage.

A cruise ship carries hundreds of people for relocation, with no supply points or rest points in between.

That's a disaster.

"Furthermore, our current sea-going ships are not good enough. The reason why I spent three years at that time was that the power of the current sea-going ships was limited. Of course, this problem, judging from the current situation, can be solved soon,"

Zhu 㭎 said thoughtfully: "Is it using the 66 steam engine?"

Yu Jing nodded, "Yes, as long as steam engines are installed on sea ships, and at the same time, steel structures are used in more places to increase the strength of sea ships, the problem of transportation to move people to this continent will be solved. Princes, uncles, and colleagues , To be honest, if the imperial court can let go of the immigration and allow us Han people from the Central Plains to come out, in the future, there will be countless fertile lands and living spaces on these four seas waiting for our hard-working people to develop. By then, comprehensive and large-scale Using our Yanfan's animal-powered harvester, one person can take care of at least fifty acres of farmland..."

Everyone in Ming Dynasty watched Yu Jing describe the future with some indignation.

Can't help but be silent.

At the end of Yu Jing's words, he became even more angry and asked: "I don't know, since the people's life is not good now on the court's side, the people are poor, and a lot of troubles have been created, and the enthusiasm of the rural communities has been constrained. , the employment share system is not implemented, and the people's life is difficult, why does the imperial court still restrict the prince from moving to develop across the world, and restrict the prince from leading the people of the Central Plains to explore the deep blue! "

"If we don't do it now, once this opportunity is lost, we will never have it again. In a few hundred years, as these local people multiply and grow, their level of civilization will inevitably increase. Once there is political power and national consciousness, If we, the people of the Central Plains, want to take root in these lands, we must use cruel and bloody war methods!”

And this is in line with the ideals promoted by Yan Fan.

The Yan and Fan armies deviated from the people's view of history.

…

Kagoshima.

Just when Lan Yu and the others were speechless by Yu Jingwen.

North of Kagoshima.

The junction of Kumamoto and Miyazaki.

Ten miles of camps, stretched into a vast area.

In the central commander's tent.

Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was presiding over a military meeting of daimyo and princes.

The atmosphere of the meeting was very relaxed.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who wore traditional Japanese hair ornaments, held a letter and said with a relaxed smile: "This is news from the nobles in Goryeo who have good relations with my Ashikaga family. According to the information in the letter, it is estimated that the En feudal lord The King of Yan should be close to Kagoshima."

"There is no need to doubt the authenticity of this information. This Goryeo nobleman, like us and the messenger from the Ming Dynasty, is a person who hates the two ideas and propositions of the Yan Fan."

In fact, wait until he becomes emperor.

Have the ability to do this in Japan.

He did not hate Yan Fan's two ideas.

After observing Goro Ohno's rebel group for several years, he has a very clear understanding of two concepts and two propositions.

This is definitely the best way to eliminate wealth inequality and sharp conflicts within the regime.

Conducive to the stability and continuity of the regime.

But he couldn't express this kind of thoughts.

First, he wants to command the coalition of princes and "avenge" the emperor's family!

As long as he succeeds, he will have the public support to become emperor.

Secondly, it is to use force to unify the Japanese countries and form a strong central power.

Engage in strongman politics!

Use strongman politics to implement Yan Fan's system from top to bottom.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu suppressed his excited imagination of the future and said with a smile: "Because of the existence of these Koreans and Ming people who are as hostile to Yanfan as we are, all the movements of Yanfan are under our control."

"In addition, the frontal blocking and rear guerrilla tactics that the King of Yan personally envisioned for us, in this battle, our Japanese country will once again defeat a force from the Central Plains that wants to conquer us, enslave us, and oppress us after defeating the brutal Yuan Dynasty!"

"So, I decided to temporarily stop the attack on Kagoshima, conserve our strength, and wait for the Yanfan army to cross the strait to attack us. On this side of the strait, we will stop the enemy from retreating step by step and weaken the fighting momentum of the Yanfan army step by step. After it enters our traditional ruling area, we will immediately implement a large-scale frontal blocking and rear guerrilla tactics."

"Hosokawa-kun, Kusunoki-kun, what do you think?"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu looked at the princes headed on the left and right sides of the general's tent: Hosokawa Kiyoshi and Kusunoki Masayoshi.

These two princes came from the southern and northern factions respectively.

They were also the most powerful among the princes from the northern and southern factions.

They posed the greatest threat to his Ashikaga family.

Hosokawa Kiyoshi and Kusunoki Masayoshi looked at each other and nodded: "The general's arrangement is very reasonable. We support the general's decision!"

"Okay!"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu suddenly stood up and said in high spirits: "Then we will wait for Zhu Di of Yanfan on this side of the strait and fight a good battle to dampen the spirit of his Yanfan army, the strongest army in the world. Whether it is the Goryeo nobles or the informer of the Ming Dynasty, they all say that the Yanfan navy and army are the strongest army in the world, but I don't believe it!"

...

Another day.

Hyogo Prefecture.

Kitahama Wakoku Sea.

A dock.

Dozens of merchant ships flying the Ming dragon flag were docked in the bay near the dock, taking turns to unload cargo at the dock.

Ronin with samurai swords on their waists, wearing wooden clogs, stared at the Japanese people who were carrying goods.

From time to time, he rushed forward and whipped hard with his scabbard.

"You bunch of sinners who killed the emperor's family, hurry up!"

"You can only atone for your sins if you die of exhaustion!"

...

A group of Ming ship owners took a small boat and went ashore first.

Looking at this scene, someone couldn't help but whispered: "Yan Fan has always said that we are the elites of the Ming Dynasty and treat the people as cattle and horses. Look at these Japanese people, they are cattle and horses. We should really let the Yan Wang who is misleading the people come here to see!"

"Everyone, everyone, do you think that the Yan Wang can win this battle?"

"Mr. Hu, you and Prime Minister Hu are relatives, you must know more inside information, tell us quickly, can Zhu Silang win this battle?"

...

A group of merchants looked at the ship owner walking in front.

Hu Hansan turned his head and said with a smile: "Everyone, whether the Yan Wang wins or not has nothing to do with us, we are just merchants."

Looking at a group of sea merchants with lost faces.

Hu Hansan turned his head, a smile flashed across his lips.

He and Hu Xiang were indeed relatives.

And they were not out of the fifth degree of mourning.

To be honest, Hu Xiang had to call him the third brother.

Even his ship was obtained with the help of Hu Xiang.

At that time, ships that could go to sea were in short supply.

Without some connections, you couldn't buy them even with a lot of silver!

As for whether the King of Yan could win?

I'm afraid it would be difficult.

You know, the eldest nephew Hu Dahu came to Japan with the merchant ship that he helped to secretly arrange.

...

Hu Hansan saw a group of Japanese people in front of him who were looking forward to it, and he gathered his thoughts and hurriedly said, "Hurry up, everyone. Today I will take you to see this person, but he is the brother-in-law of the Japanese shogunate, General Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. If we have a good relationship with this person, we won't have to worry about not making money in the future!"

The group of sea merchants behind him were instantly surprised.

Some smart people have tasted something from Hu Hansan's words.

Meet the shogun's brother-in-law.

Will there be no worries about not making a lot of money in the future?

Isn't this equivalent to telling everyone.

Will the allied forces of the princes win?

Soon, Hu Hansan brought a group of people to the front of the crowd in Japan to welcome him.

"Hu Sang!"

Hino Azuyasu was even the brother-in-law of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

When he saw Hu Hansan, a small business owner, his attitude was very humble, and he bowed 90 degrees, "Welcome Hu Sang, you have brought us so many friends from the Celestial Empire. Now, we especially need the support and help from our friends from the Celestial Empire!"

A group of businessmen immediately raised their heads slightly.

Full of arrogance.

Look, the brother-in-law of the shogun of Japan has to be so humble to small businessmen like them.

Hu Hansan helped Hino Azuyasu up, and the two sides exchanged a few words.

Hu Hansan pointed at the ship behind him and said with a smile: "Hino-kun, this time we brought silk, spices, porcelain..."

Hino Azuko listened with a smile.

But he cursed in his heart.

These things are not what Japan needs at all in the war!

The coalition of princes, in order to defeat Yanfan.

All the princes have already ordered the nobles in their territories.

Before defeating Yanfan.

The wealth of the coalition of princes must be used to purchase strategic materials!

After Hu Hansan finished speaking, Hino Azuko smiled and said generously: "We want all the things that Hu Sang and the Ming shipowners brought this time, and the price is still the same as before."

Or so, just this batch.

Although during the war, we cannot waste precious goods on these extravagant enjoyments that have nothing to do with the war.

Unfortunately, people can't really eat chaffy vegetables.

In the past, we had to maintain the bare minimum.

There is nothing wrong with buying this batch of goods.

"However, Hu Sang..." Hino Ziyasu bowed slightly, "I think all shipowners from the upper country also know that we are engaged in a war between justice and evil. From past contacts, it can be seen that all shipowners We are like-minded and sympathize with us. We need food, war horses, and iron. It would be even better if we could directly purchase Ming Dynasty's fire guns..."

Hu Hansan is fine.

He came here this time to secretly contact the Japanese country with the mission of overthrowing the Yan Alliance.

Discuss providing strategic material support to the coalition of princes.

Use the combined forces of the Japanese princes to drain the blood of the Yan vassal.

Of course, we must also take this opportunity to make a lot of money from the Yan Alliance!

However, there are too many people around now, and it is not suitable to discuss the matter carefully with Hino Azusa.

The shipowner behind Hu Hansan was a little hesitant.

At this time, a large amount of strategic materials were bought and sold to the Japanese country.

If Yan Fan knew about this matter, he might take revenge on them.

Of course, if many people do this.

They will also follow suit secretly, after all, the law does not punish the public.

After all, one person knows that reselling strategic materials to the Japanese country at this moment can definitely make a lot of money.

"Look! Look!"

Just when both sides were silent for a brief moment as they both had their own freaks, suddenly, panicked and panicked shouts rang out.

Everyone turned their heads following the sound.

On the dock, it was completely chaotic.

As far as the eye can see, on the sea in the distance, a huge fleet approaches in a semicircle formation.

On the side of the warship, the black cannons glowed with a bone-chilling glow under the sunlight.

Behind the hundreds of warships, forming a semicircular formation and outflanking them, there were more sea ships, densely packed and pressing towards them.

"King Yan! King Yan's navy and army!"

One of the shipowners suddenly shouted in terror.

The stunned people came to their senses instantly.

Hino Ziyasu is knowledgeable about military affairs. His face was pale and he murmured: "How could it be possible? Why didn't the Yan army go to Kagoshima? How could it be... It's over, it's over..."

While speaking incoherently, Hino Ziyasu suddenly turned around and shouted at the followers behind him: "Quick! Quick! Hurry up and tell the general that the Yan army has landed from the arsenal, and the retreat of the 100,000 coalition troops has been cut off!"

After the entourage ran away.

Hino Zikang looked at Hu Hansan and others, cupped his fists and said: "Hu Sang, I can't entertain you anymore..."

Before the words could be finished, Hino Ziyasu turned around and left.

He wanted to organize and mobilize the samurai ronin in the arsenal to block King Yan and buy time for the 100,000 allied troops to return.

Although... although...

The probability of success is low.

But he had to try.

One hundred thousand troops dispatched by the coalition of princes.

Almost all the famous names of the princes and the most elite troops were looted.

Once these 100,000 people are defeated.

The entire Japanese country could only groan in pain under the military boots of Yan Fan.

he……

It was as if I had already heard the vibration of Yan Fan's military boots stepping on the land of Japan.

Hino Azusa just left.

Bang bang bang...

The sound of shelling sounded.

The cannonballs hit the water surface one after another, splashing water jets.

The impact point of the cannonball quickly extended towards the bay where the dock is located.

boom!

A cannonball hit a seagoing ship.

The ship suddenly flew into pieces of wood.

"My ship!" A shipowner shouted as if his own mother had died.

Only then did other shipowners wake up.

He asked Hu Hansan in a panic.

"Brother Hu, what should we do now?"

"Yes, Brother Hu, what should we do if we get a boat?"

…

Hu Hansan felt cold all over.

But after all, he was the core member of the Falling Yan Alliance. He turned around calmly, looked at his panicked colleagues, took a deep breath, and said loudly: "Everyone, don't think about the ship. At this time, we appear in the Japanese country, even if the cargo is mostly loaded, It’s all porcelain, tea, silk, and so on. I don’t believe that you didn’t bring a small amount of urgent goods needed for the war.”

People like them can't get the gun.

But the mineral saltpeter.

By bribing the imperial saltpeter mine management officials, everyone got some of it.

"Now is not the time to worry about money, but to save your life. I know that His Highness Yunwen has also come with the army. When His Highness Yunwen comes ashore, we will follow His Highness Yunwen!"

…

On the flagship deck.

Zhu Xi led the crowd, and everyone held a monocular telescope presented by Zhu Di to observe the bombardment level of the Yanfan navy.

While observing, Mu Ying asked in a low voice, Navy Commander Yu Tongyuan, "How about Commander Yu? Can the bombardment level of the navy commanded by your father surpass that of the navy commanded by your own son?"

During the words, Mu Ying herself laughed first.

Yu Tongyuan glanced at Mu Ying, who was holding a telescope with a smile on his lips, and sighed in a low voice: "It's a lot worse. The Imperial Navy was originally a latecomer to learn from the Yan Navy, but in recent years, the Navy's funds are not much, and daily The artillery training of Yan Fan cannot be compared with that of Yan Fan. Even the ocean training, due to financial reasons, can only be carried out once every two or three months. The furthest is only to Ryukyu, not to mention other details. The sea charts drawn by Yu Jing and others , you’ve seen it too, let’s not even talk about drawing it, you can’t understand it at all!”

The smile on Mu Ying's lips disappeared.

I am no longer in the mood for joking.

This is the difficulty the imperial army is encountering now.

It cost the court fifteen million taels of silver to replace the equipment of the navy and army.

This also led to the fact that after the new army was trained.

The civil officials in the court tried their best to limit military spending.

But the current war is different from the cold weapon era.

In the cold weapon era, a knife was issued and training was possible, with almost no consumption.

But in the era of firearms and hot wars.

Training soldiers requires bullets and gunpowder.

This is a huge expense!

The industrial capacity of the Ming Dynasty was poor.

As a result, the production cost of bullets and gunpowder was very high!

This resulted in a very tight training fund.

Every penny had to be spent carefully.

In other words, Your Majesty knew very well that although the Ming Dynasty had defeated the grassland and there was no threat from foreign enemies, it could not put its weapons in the warehouse and let its horses go to the mountains.

So it has been suppressing the civil officials.

Otherwise, those civil officials dared to directly stop the army from training.

But Your Majesty cannot support the military too much.

Not only will he be accused by that group of pedantic literati of ignoring the difficulties of the people's livelihood and spending money on military affairs.

Is the difficulty of the people's livelihood really the reason for Your Majesty?

If this group of shameless people were willing to give up a little bit of their interests and implement the employee share system.

With the size of the Ming Dynasty, can't the people live a good life?

In fact, these generals envy the generals of Yanfan very much.

At the end of each year, the civil and military departments of Yanfan sit together to make various budgets for military expenses, education, and people's livelihood.

On the other hand, the Ming Dynasty.

The money bag is almost entirely controlled by civil officials.

The military can't intervene too much.

...

"Brother, these are all ships of our Ming Dynasty merchants. Isn't it a bit too much for Fourth Uncle to do this?" Zhu Yunwen put down the telescope and looked at Zhu Xiongying.

Zhu Xiongying held the telescope, unmoved, and said calmly: "If not, wait for Fourth Uncle to search out the contraband on the ship and kill these people. Do you think it is a good way to deal with it?"

Fourth Uncle did it on purpose.

While punishing Ming Dynasty merchants.

Do not have a direct conflict with the Ming Dynasty court.

Zhu Yunwen's face changed, and he looked at Zhu Xiongying from the corner of his eye. For the first time, he realized that he seemed to be slightly inferior to his elder brother!

He didn't think so deeply!

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